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Subject: [Leica] IMG: a rainy walk in Madrid
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 08:19:47 +0530
References: <1A05ED5B-B16E-4E28-94AD-670073532585@frozenlight.eu>

I like this one the best:

http://www.greatpix.eu/A-rainy-walk-in-Madrid/i-7gXTwDD/A

Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:

> I had an appointment at the Danish consulate in Madrid today. I went by
> high-speed train, and I bought the tickets so as to have some time to walk
> around Madrid a bit. Even though it was raining on and off, it was very
> enjoyable. I first walk through the Retiro park from the Atocha station
> (where trains from Alicante arrive) to Plaza Col?n, where the consulate is
> located. The park was wet but pretty, and the rain made for some photogenic
> scenes.
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> After my business at the consulate was done (all of 10 minutes), I walked
> back towards Atocha along the Paseo Recoletos and Paseo del Prado, thinking
> that I would drop in at the Prado to say hi to Hieronymus Bosch. But there
> was a long queue to get in, so instead I ended up at the Fundaci?n Caixa a
> bit further down, where to my delight there was a nice exhibition of
> paintings and sculptures by Joan Mir?. And the building itself, which I
> have passed many time but never  visited, turned out to be a work of art in
> itself.
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> Thus fed spiritually, I went to a bar near the station recommended to me
> by a colleague who used to live in Madrid, and I was not disappointed?I
> loved both the ambiance and the food. The local specialty, a sandwich with
> calamari, turned out perfect, and it was cheap too.
>
> Then I got to Atocha, took some more pictures there, and got on the train
> back to Alicante, from where I am posting this small gallery of 15 images:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/A-rainy-walk-in-Madrid/
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> This is quick editing, but it gave me something to do during the 2-hour
> train journey, and it allows me to share my day with you in almost real
> time.
>
> Equipment-wise, I travelled ultra light, taking only the Ricoh GRII.
> Still, I get more than 100 decent images, even after culling the losers.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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